Cost-of-living push: CARICOM leaders, the OECS Business Council and private sector groups met in Castries to agree practical steps to make essentials cheaper—cutting intra-regional trade barriers, lowering freight and logistics costs, boosting renewable energy, and accelerating a regional ferry plan. CARICOM governance in focus: A CCJ President courtesy call to St. Lucia’s PM Philip J. Pierre underscored the bloc’s legal track as leaders move to seek a Caribbean Court of Justice advisory opinion on the CARICOM Secretary-General reappointment dispute. EU pressure on CBI: Eastern Caribbean leaders met in Dominica to coordinate their response to the EU’s revised visa suspension mechanism targeting Citizenship by Investment programmes, including a plan for a high-level mission to Brussels. ECCB banknotes overhaul: The ECCB unveiled redesigned EC banknotes replacing Queen Elizabeth II with Caribbean heroes and nation builders, with Sir Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw on the EC$50 and Sir John Compton paired on the EC$100, rolling out from late 2027. Regional trade logistics: Trinidad and Tobago offered a temporary cargo vessel to reduce shipping costs between CARICOM states while a longer-term regional ferry system is finalized. Local justice: A Soufriere man, Tony Paul (“Abra”), was fined $200,000 after pleading guilty to multiple drug offences tied to a Vieux Fort Port seizure. Sports & culture: Saint Lucia’s Julien Alfred hit a major 200m milestone in Monaco; the Saint Lucia Kings announced overseas CPL signings; and “Kaiso Cop” Charlery won a calypso competition in St. Lucia.